Missouri Pickleball Club — Local services in Fenton

My experience at the Missouri Pickleball Club's (MPC) 3.5-4.0 clinic with Kenny Higgin was extremely disappointing. Despite being referred by friends who spoke highly of MPC, my first encounter left much to be desired.

Kenny's coaching approach was lackluster from the start. He began the session without bothering to assess each player's strengths and weaknesses, opting instead to focus solely on serving techniques. This was frustrating, as my strongest suit was not serving, and I had hoped for guidance on improving my fundamentals.

Throughout the clinic, Kenny's attention seemed sporadic at best. He failed to provide meaningful feedback or individualized instruction, opting instead to simply rotate players through drills without much engagement. When he did offer feedback, it was often vague or unhelpful.

During gameplay, Kenny's lack of attentiveness became even more apparent. Instead of offering constructive advice, he resorted to unhelpful comments and seemed more concerned with rushing through the session than actually supporting players' development.

To make matters worse, Kenny's communication was both dismissive and condescending. When I sought clarification on the rules, he responded curtly and made me feel incompetent for asking. His demeanor throughout the session was unprofessional, and his unwillingness to address players' concerns was deeply disappointing.

Overall, my experience at MPC's clinic was a complete letdown. Kenny's coaching style was ineffective, and his attitude was disrespectful. I would caution anyone considering joining MPC to think twice before investing their time and money in this program.

Additionally, after speaking with friends who attended a different clinic with Kenny, it seems his lack of attention to detail and focus on drilling over instruction is a consistent issue. It's clear that Kenny's coaching style is not conducive to a positive learning experience, and I would not recommend MPC's clinics...

My husband and I signed up for a membership, which is $25/month for each of us, with the idea of playing at least 3x a week. What we failed to realize (and it’s our fault for not looking into it before we signed up) is that in order to rent one of their courts out it costs an extra fee on top of the monthly membership. It was $12/person for 1.5hrs. Wow, wow, wow, sticker shock! Already up to $76 for the month. I know that some people don’t care about that and maybe I’m missing something but that’s already as much as our internet bill.

We then decided to cancel because it’s not something we could afford to do multiple times a week like we had planned originally. My husband called to cancel both our memberships and the man on the phone assured us he did. The next billing cycle, I got charged $25 for my membership but my husband did not. I can only assume that his was cancelled but mine was still active.

My husband emailed their billing department and they respond by telling him that it is their “policy” that they don’t refund membership fees. So, even though it was a mistake on their end, they refused us a refund of the $25. I tried to call them twice with no answer. I emailed them after that, asking them if they could assure me that my membership was cancelled and asking them to refund the $25. NO REPLY.

I’m giving them 1 star because their facility is nice (how could it not be with the amount of $$$ they’re raking in?) and the employee who was attending the front desk during the day we went in was extremely friendly.

PICKLEBALL CLUB! Now that I’ve left an unsatisfactory review and you will most likely see this, will somebody please call us or email us to confirm that my membership is cancelled?!...

It is a great facility to be a member of with amazing staff, courts, and a solid pro shop, as long as you can pay for it ALL as it is expensive [so students bad idea to pay, this is a place for those who have stable lives and jobs]. It's $25 per month at this moment, with court reservation costing $19 per guest, and registration for any event such as organized play is $10 for members, and $20 for non members. And, make sure to remember that if your registrating for something the day of with someone and it's full before the other person is able to register themselves, too bad, they can't go and you have to pay for it. My issue is that it would be IMMENSELY helpful if those registering for the organized plays can see just HOW full it is so that if there are four people trying to go the day of then they can see whether it's a good idea for them too based on how many spots there are left.

Again, those are my only issues with the place, expensive and it sucks not to see how many spots there are left with events such as organized plays. I encourage those who can afford it and have friends who are also membersto become one, but I do not encourage college students.

Also, if your a beginner and just want to play casually and not have to pay the expensive amount, there are places like kirkwood park that have courts open for free after 7pm and everyone there is always willing to play...